Today we went with one of our local counterparts, Amie, to the rice fields. This time of year, most of the women in the village go to the rice fields every day to harvest their rice. Due to the donor visits, Amie was unable to go several days last week, and she got a bit behind...so she was very glad to have two extra pairs of hands, albeit inexperienced ones. We left the village at 10am, walked an hour to the fields, worked until 5pm when the tide started coming in, then walked an hour back. It was a long hard day, but it was also very productive. Amie was hugely appreciative of the help (and surprised how much rice we cut!) and we gained a huge amount of respect from our community. As I mentioned before, rice fields are very beautiful and peaceful, so I actually found the repetetive work quite therapeutic. Here are a few pictures:
Rice almost as far as the eye can see
Amie and me working
Ami carrying a finished boulo of rice - Gambians carry anything and EVERYTHING on their heads!
Lunch break
Action shot
Jacob's action shot
Amie's action shot
Me and Amie
Tide coming in
Me with a completed boulo of rice
Four of our ten completed boulos
Amie magically made our boulos into this hairy creature and covered it with a cloth...a donkey cart will come retrieve the rice later.
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